Hay fever sufferers warned of high pollen

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Published:14:00Thursday 02 June 2016

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Pharmacists across Derbyshire are warning hay fever sufferers about the current dangers of high pollen counts.

Asthma is a potential killer and if hay fever symptoms are not controlled there is likelihood that the risk of developing asthma is tripled. Also a recent small study, by the University of Mastricht, suggests that getting behind the wheel with hay fever symptoms had the equivalent risk of driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 per cent, which is very roughly a pint of beer.

The chairman of Community Pharmacy Derbyshire John Sargeant, and lifelong hay fever sufferer, said: “Hay fever symptoms can be addressed in a wide variety of ways, so people should pop to their local pharmacy and the pharmacist will be able to talk through the options.”

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